Example sentences of "up and [adv prt] the platform " in BNC.
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| 1 | I had an idea that I should make a show of dignity and tried to do this by looking straight ahead , as if the crowds moving up and down the platform were beneath my notice . |
| 2 | He had dropped into a thick Geordie twang and , after laughing , he looked up and down the platform now , saying , ‘ We must be the only ones expecting a passenger . ’ |
| 3 | Passengers went to the open doors and looked up and down the platform , trying to make out why they were stuck there , but no one looked up on to the roof of the car . |
| 4 | He begins to pace restlessly up and down the platform , his pacings taking him nearer and nearer to the tunnel at the end . |
| 5 | We knew that little boys would be going up and down the platform singing out ‘ Banbury cakes ! |